Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Apple Book Review
A little over a week ago, I received a treasure trove of goodies from a very nice Sloper in Ireland. Among this bounty was this book, which I hadn’t heard about but was delighted to receive (and precisely on Apple’s 50th birthday, no less).

A Better Place
It was a surprisingly good day! Even with the market ENTIRELY green and the badly misplaced optimism around this so-called peace deal, my short positions performed great for me.
At this point, the most interesting resistance point is the SPY’s multi-decade channel midline. We slammed the brakes on it right to the penny.

Top Guns

Zero Bound
With optimism spewing all over the place, and thrills abounding for forthcoming IPOs like SpaceX and Anthropic, I’d like to quietly remind folks what kinds of valuations this market is experiencing. Kindly digest some of the IPOs offered below and witness their follow-through. Enough said.

